On this day in 1899, the temperature fell to a calendar-day record low of 36 degrees, and the high of 56 was also a record low. It was the first of three straight record cold mornings. On Oct. 2, it dipped to 33 — the lowest temperature ever observed so early in the fall — and it dropped to 35 on Oct. 3. It also hit 35 on Oct. 4 — one degree shy of the record low of 34 set in 1974.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 75
- Average low: 58
- Record high: 93 (1941)
- Record low: 36 (1899)
- Record rainfall: 2.27 inches (1915)
